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Coffee shops, ATMs may be ideal sites for defibrillators, study says

March 20, 2017

The list was compiled based on geographical proximity as well as hours of operation of nearby businesses. Many businesses may already have AEDs, but as study co-author Timothy Chan, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Toronto, puts it, “if that location was closed, it is as if the AED wasn’t even there.” Cardiac arrest — in which the heart suddenly stops beating — is a leading cause of death among people over the age of 40 in the United States, according to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. When the electrical system in the heart stops working, an AED can deliver a life-saving shock, allowing the heart to restart itself. If the heart stops and no help is available, a person can die within minutes. But that does not need to be the case. Of the over 350,000 total incidents of cardiac arrest that occur in places other than hospitals, more than 40,000 people could be saved by increasing access to AEDs, according to the foundation. Chances are that unless you’re in a hospital or a school, you wouldn’t know exactly where to find thisdevice during an emergency. “That’s the problem,” said Dr. Richard Page, chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, who provided editorial remarks for the study. “We don’t know where the AED might be. Just think, if every Starbucks or Bank of America ATM had an AED and was known for this, then there would be…more detail

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